Plaquemines is Louisiana’s southernmost parish where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico. The parish is noted for its seafood industry, offshore oil and gas, and citrus crops. Often referred to as a “Sportsman’s Paradise”, it is well known for hunting and fishing.
While Plaquemines is a suburb of New Orleans, it also contains a large rural population and is home to the Naval Air Station. Because of its geography, our parish has both suburban and rural communities.
Plaquemines Parish has eight public schools with a population of 4105 students. We are proud to note that Belle Chasse Primary is designated as a Blue Ribbon School.
Pupil Appraisal consists of three school psychologists, two educational diagnosticians, and two social workers. Our team includes speech, occupational, and physical therapists, as well as APE teachers, and nurses. Our parish has been in the forefront of implementing programs such as Universal Screening, RtI, and PBIS. Pupil Appraisal has helped develop our parish’s model for data collection and using that data to drive decisions regarding both academic and behavioral interventions and programs.
OPENING: School Psychologist
Be a part of our multidisciplinary pupil appraisal team in an “A” ranked district, Plaquemines Parish.
We are fortunate in our department to be fully staffed with highly competent employees. As we begin each year, we strive to continually improve our procedures, programming, and practices to better serve students in our district.
Teams are based at our Belle Chasse Woodland Central Office. Each team member has an office, computer, laptop, and access to the pool of special education cars to drive to schools. Duties include the following: evaluation and interpretation, assistance in the design and implementation of educational and behavioral interventions, individual and/or group counseling, and providing staff training.
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete an application online at teachlousiana.net. You may also contact Monica Wertz, Director of Human Resources (), or Paula Defley, Director of Special Education ().
For more information about our school district, please visit our website at www.ppsb.org.